Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1910 — Page 1

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Mrs. James Hurley is spending today in Monon. George Stemble is down from Wheatfield today. Miss Minnie Martin went to Otterbein today to visit relatives. Rice’s regular 5c packages of garden seeds, two for 5c at John Eger’s. Born, today, to Mr. and Mrs. Tigler, of Hanging Grove township, a son. Leo ColVert went to Battle Ground today to visit the family of T. P. Clarke. Attorney A. Halleck is spending today in Lafayette, taking depositions in a law suit. Little Helen Parkinson went to Attica today to spend a Tew days with her grandparents. Attorney Glazebrook, of Knox, came] this morning to visit the family off Glazebrook. Chas. Stephenson and wife went to Monticello today to remain over Sunday with relatives. ~ IUJ - John Clingan and wife went to hlaville today for a visit of several days with relatives. Mrs. Louella Childers is entertaining forty-four ladies this afternoon in honor of her forty-fourth birthday.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Alter went to Forest today to visit his relatives and his farm. ■ They will be absent over Sunday. As usual we are headquarters foi package and bulk garden seeds, onion sets and early seed potatoes. •' JOHN EGER. William Nowels has been troubled for some time with a growth In the left hand, just below the first joint of the first finger on the inside. Yesterday he had it cut out and it proved to be a good sized tumor. He will be unable to use the hand for some time. Will. Platt is home from Lafayette for a vlsjt over Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Platt. He is taking a course in bookkeeping and typewriting and expects to take up shorthand when, he re-enters school next fall. He has made good progress in his studies. Miss Cora Dexter and Miss Carrie Pierce left on the early morning train for Plainfield to be present at the marriage at 10 o’clock this morning of Miss Georgia Hornaday, a cousin of Miss Dexter, to Mr. Roy Macy, of lowa The bride is quite well known here, where she has visited. W. S. Day returned this morning from Kenilworth, 111., where he had been visiting his son Omar and- wife since Thursday. He spent yesterday at Omar’s school and was very favorably impressed with the way things are done in the Kenilworth schools, where manual training is a great factor in education.

The school teachers have about all gone to their homes for the spring vacation. Prof. Bradshaw went to Indianapolis today; Miss Elizabeth Hume to Springfield, Ohio; Miss Milocent Work to Elkhart; Mias Louise Keefer to Greencastle; Miss Alice Smith to Attica; Miss Trenberth will remain here during the vacation. John Chllcote, for many years a resident of Rensselaer and for the past few years residing in Illinois, was here yesterday to attend the funeral of Catain Burnham. He is now living in Mt. Ayr, and he has received the appointment to take the census of ML Ayr and Jackson township. He is looking well and his many old friends were glad to seb him again. *

The Evening Republican.

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM PICTURES. Across the Island of Ceylon, hand-colored. The Lonely Batchelor. Cupid and the Motor Boat Race. > SONG. There’s a Mother Old and Gray Who ' 1 " Needs Me 'Now. Blossom Robinson, singing Comedienne.

WEATHER forecast. Showers and thunderstorms tonight and Sunday.

Funeral of Captain Burnham Was Very Largely Attended.

'The funeral of Captain James A. Burnham Friday afternoon was largely attended, the Church of God being well filled with old soldiers and old friends and acquaintances of the deceased good citizen. The sermon was delivered by Rev. Williams! of Hillsboro, a logical and interesting speaker. Forty-five veterans of the. civil war attended the funeral and formed an escort in double file to the funeral concourse, while six of the comrades acted as pall bearers, viz. Marsh Rhoades, feeorge Morgan, Thos. Crockett, Whitsell Lewis, Shelby Grant and William M. Hoover. When near.the grave the opened ranks and the casket was carried through the line of gallant men who had turned out to pay their last tribute to a comrade with whom many had been acquainted sinee the civil war. After the casket had been deposited at the grave, the comrades were formed about it and the ritualistic service of the'Grand Army of the Republic was carried out in an impressive manner, Captain Wasson, W. W. Reeve, John H. Thornton, John Kresler and others taking part in the ceremony. Rev. Williams pronounced a benediction. '

Easter at Methodist Church.

The choir will sing at morning services: Christ Our Passover k McPhail There Were Shepards Earle Solo, by Rr. H. L. Brown. At the evening services they will sing: Christ, Our Passover :Ashford Arise, Arise O Zion Kirkpatrick Flee Away, Ye Shades of Night and Through the Valley Sweney The school will have class songs and recitations. Come and enjoy these Easter services.

Mrs. G. F. Meyers and daughter Nell, are spending today in Chicago. X __ Mrs. Edna Halligan, of Indiana Harbor, who has been visiting Mrs. Dal Nichols, went to Logansport today. Miss Eva L. Altemus, of Chicago, came this afternoon to remain over Easter, the guest of Mrs. Cleve Eger. Miss Effie B. Warvelle, of Chicago, a former Rensselaer* school teacher,’ is here to spend Easter with Miss Gertrude Hopkins and other friends.... Van Grant is going west to prospect for a location. He expects to go to Montana first and later to other places if he does not find a suitable location in that state. He expects to engage in the restaurant business and also to invest in land if he finds anything that looks like a good investment. He will not go until about the 10th of April. He expects to close the restaurant here and store the furniture until he decides upon a location and then to have it shipped to him. Mrs. Cornelia 8. Frazee* Sayler, of Burke, 8. Dak., has sent to Mrs. Mary E. Thompson $2 for the Milroy 861dlers’ monument fund. In a letter to Mrs. Thompson she says: “I am glad to give a mite toward the fund for which I am so interested. Rensselaer is my dear old home, where I was born and raised. My father, J. C. Frazee, was one of the first settlers, and his old farm is 1% nrtles northeast of Rensselaer. My husband, W. Hi Sayler, was a member of the 48th Indiana volunteers. I hope you succeed in this splendid movement.” Our Classified Column does the work

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1910.

CEMENT TELE FACTORY HAS BEEN VERY BUSY.

Owner Reports that Demand has Been Greater Than He Could Supply. From 10 to 15 Employed. The Rensselaer Cement Jile Factory has been enjoying a big business recently and at present not a 5 inch tile is on hand. People have become convinced that cement tile will do the business and they are ready purchasers. Mr. Kalberer reports that he has from 10 tb 15 hands regularly employed and part of the time he has 15, so the factory is disbursing quite a lot of money in Rensselaer that at other times would have gone away for shipped in tile, as the nearby clay tile factories have no trouble in disposing of their outppt. One day last week 39 loads of tile were loaded and sent out before 11 o’clock in the morning.

A representative of the Cement Era was here a few days ago, made photographs of the tile factory and will give it a good write-up Jn that magazine. Mr. Kalberer has been forced to hold up on several occasions for want of sand, which has to be hauled a considerable distance and during such times his men have been making T joints and end tile. They have made these very successfully and have become so skillful that they are now able to manufacture about any shaped joint that a customer may want. In no previous year was so much tiling done in Jasper county And it is a very good thing for Rensselaer that* the tile is manufactured here at home.

Mrs. Nancy Fross, of Monticello, Dies at the Age of 84 Years.

Mrs. Nancy Fross, aged 84, died in Monticello Wednesday morning, of paralysis and the grip. She was the mother of James and Milliard Fross and Mrs. Samuel Williams, of .this county, and all attended her funeral which took place Thursday afternoon.

Delegates Selected to the State, Congressional, Judicial Conventions.

Pursuant to call Marion township, Milroy, Newton and part of Union met in convention at the court bouse this Saturday afternoon and selected delegates to the state, congressional and judicial conventions as follows: State convention, at Indianapolis, April sth—J. N. Leatherman, C. G. Spitler, Moses Leopold and R. B. Harris. Congressional convention, at Lafayette, March 28—J. D- Allman, C. -C. Warner, G. E. Murray and Omar Morton. Judicial convention, at Morocco, Thursday, March 31st—C. W. Hanley, J. W. Tilton, G. L. Parks, Chas. M. Blue, Frank Foltz, W. L. Wood, John Rush and G. L. Thornton.

Chief Dehority Informs Treasurer That Receipts May Be Redeemed.

County Treasurer Allman is in receipt of the following letter from W. A. Dehority, chief of the state board of examiners, which is self-explanatory: ■ “In answer to inquiry made of this Department a few days ago, I beg to say, upon consideration, that where a taxpayer’s road tax has actually been worked out and a receipt issued therefor, as provided by law, but the tax has been paid in cash to the treasurer, through a inlstake as to the fact that it had been worked out, the treasurer may later accept thqjreceipt from, the holder thereof and refund the amount, provided that this transaction takes place prior to the June settlement 1910. It can not be done subsequently, as' the law will thereafter be-strtet-ly construed.”

A Few Special Bargains.

A little saner kraut to dose out, at 10 cents pei gallon. Good eating potatoes at 50 cents per Bushel, any quanUty. Fancy Santa Clara prunes, 5 centi per pound. RHODES’ GROCERY. Never can tell when you’ll mash a finger or suffer a cut, bruise, burn or scald. Be prepared. Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil instantly relieves the pain —quickly cures the wound.

Peanut Polities Campaign is Started by the Democrat.

The general impression ip that the activity in behalf-of keeping Mr. Bader out of the penitentiary yas because certain orffes did not dare let him be sent there for fear other disclosures might result, rather than any particular feeling for the convicted man. It Is intimated that Prosecutor Long well was threatened flrith political defeat if he pushed the case against Bader. The motives of some people are always open to suspicion, and when they threaten the prosecutor and take such an unwonted interest in behalf of a grafter who is a democrat, unfortunately, it behooves the taxpayers to take notice.—Jasper County Democrat. , This is a strikingly natural method for the Democrat and its sponsor to inaugurate a campaign and the public would be disappointed if any method of sound reasoning were employed. Will the Democrat have the courage to name those “certain ones” who did not dare let Bader be sent so the penitentiary? It will not. Why?

Because there are no such persons and, the Democrat knows it and is simply laboring in an effort to deceive its readers by insinuating what it dare not utter. Does the Democrat think that Mr. Littlefield, chairman of the democratic county committee, and a man who Is in every respect above reproach, feared disclosures as his reason' for signing Bader’s petition? Does the editor of the Democrat think that N. S. Bates or James A. McFarland signed the petition for Bader’s parole to avoid disclosures, or simply because they were generous and prompted by motives higher than peanut politics? Does the Democrat think that the publishers of the Republican feared any exposures? If he has this idea, we shall be pleased to have him inform the public what these fears are leased upon. Does the Democrat believe that any man, republican or democrat, whose name appears on the petition for parole had any fear of disclosures if Bader went to the penitentiary, either on his own account or on account of any other person? The Democrat editor does not believe it, but its editor thinks Jje can make readers believe it does. But the Democrat should come out of the brush, set innuendo aside and name those persons whom he indicates have fears. Will the Democrat do this? We shall see. ,

The Democrat says “it is intimated that Prosecutor Longwell was threatened with political defeat if he pushed the case against Bader.” Will the Democrat tell who intimated it? We would not mind telling. It was the Democrat that made the intimation for peanut political purposes. No man in Newton or Jasper county stands higher today in the estimation of the public than does Fred Longwell, and no man in the republican. party in these two counties would think of suggesting his defeat. Mr. Longwell conducted his prosecution of Bauer ably and manfully and proved himself a good thinker, a student of law, an able attorney as an examiner of witnesses, a good reasoner and an able orator. Men who were glad to have Bader convicted for Mr. Longwell’s sake and who were satisfied that Bader had violated the law as charged regretted to see the punishment applied and we are told that Mr. Longwell himself was thus inclined. He carried on the prosecution as his sworn duty and never gave up until sentence had been passed, but through it all he felt the kindliest sympathy for the defendant. The suggestion of his defeat was never made except in the mipd of the Democrat editor and there is not a man in the Republican party who could beat him for renomination nor a man in the democratic party who could defeat his election, and an “intimation” to that effect would come only from a source from which peanut politics ensue. Will the Democrat editor name those people "whose motives are always open to suspicion” and tell who has threatened the prosecutor? Here again will that massive brain at promulgating innuendo andsuspicConcluded on Page Four.

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Judge Thompson Arrives Home From Florida in Poor Health.

Judge and Mrs. Simon P. Thompson arrived in Rensselaer from Bradentown, Fla., where they had been spending the winter, Friday evenihg. Isaac Thompson, brother of the judge, who spent the winter in the south with him, also came with them to Rensselaer. Judge Thompson has been ill for the past two or three weeks, suffering from kidney and heart troubles. He has lost considerable flesh and is very weak. The long trip home was severe on him and he is very much exhausted. It is hoped that a rest will serve to revive him and that he will soon recover his health which 'now seems quite seriously impaired. Mrs. Thompson is feeling very well and stood the trip home very well, as also did Isaac Thompson, who is considerably his brother’s senior.

Wolcott Men Think of Starting Dairy to Succeed M. J. Thornton.

Claude and Verlle Spencer, of Wolcott, brothers-in-law of Chas. Grow, of this city, are here today looking the field over with a view of starting a dairy business to succeed Mel J. Thornton, who is Retiring from the business. It seems like the business should prove profitable here if suitable and sufficient pasture can be procured.

Copyright 1909. b, C. E. Zimmerm.B Co. No. 30 The Old Cabinet Maker Says: That the New Kind of Furniture Which is strictly an American design, is really the only true American style originated in this country. Some call it Mission, others for want of a better name call it Arts and Crafts. We call ours the American Style, for it couldn’t have a better name, and when properly made as ours is, it’s worthy of such a name. There are no false curves or fancy ornaments, for the reason that it is designed to withstand wear, and the older it grows the better it is going to look, for there is no varnish on it to scratch, only a smooth satin finish that mellows with age. D.M. WORLAND’S Reliable Furniture House Van Rensselaer Street Rensselaer, Indiana

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM ♦— PICTURES. The Keeper of the Light, a drama. The Deacon’s Daughter. SONG You’ll Come Back.

Woe to the Women With Brand New Easter Bonnets.

After giving us 26 days of unparalleled March weather, when the sun shone every day and the air was balmy and everything was taking on a spring dress of beautiful green, the weatherman has planned to spoil everything by sendlu/ us showers and thunderstorms for Easter. The shopping weather has been ideal and the nnliinirs have been fat.’iy swainped with trimming orders, and everyone left the direction: “Now be sure to have it finished by Saturday afternoon.” And then to think that the mean old weatherman has declared for showers and thunderstorms for the one day of the year when the women most of all love to display their new hats and their spring costumes. It’s real, pesky, downright contemptible of the weatherman.

Man Pardoned From Penitentiary Visits Brother In Rensselaer.

William Messenger, who was pardoned last week from the Michigan City penitentiary by Governor Marshall, where he had been sentenced for life, visited his brother Louis Messenger, here a few days ago. He was confined in the penitentiary for about 12 years for having killed a man at San Pierre. «

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